Highland Wedding Kilts in USA Today

**CosmicKilt** · 7th March 07, 03:19 PM

Today in the USA Today they had a article in the Life section about getting married in a kilt (the author calls them skirts most of the time).

Here is the link to the online version.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columni...d_N.htm?csp=34

**Caradoc** · 7th March 07, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by CosmicKilt

Here is the link to the online version.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columni...d_N.htm?csp=34

Originally Posted by Craig Wilson, USA Today

A dark suit seems a bit uninspired now, but men don't wear skirts in Minnesota.

I think maybe the folks at Stillwater Kilts should have a word with the author. After all, they're in Minnesota...

**Splash_4** · 7th March 07, 03:41 PM

From what I can tell, it has never crossed his mind to wear a kilt and is having a problem with some one else telling him he has to. Let's wait and see what he says after he has worn it.

**macwilkin** · 7th March 07, 04:07 PM

Methinks I'll pass this along to some of my contacts in the Minnesota Scottish community. I'm sure they'll have a reply to Mr. Wilson, especially since Minnesota has two tartans.

T.

**CosmicKilt** · 7th March 07, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Methinks I'll pass this along to some of my contacts in the Minnesota Scottish community. I'm sure they'll have a reply to Mr. Wilson, especially since Minnesota has two tartans.

T.

That's a good idea. I'd be curious to know what Craig Wilson thinks about kilt wearing after the wedding. I doubt that it will be in the USA Today, but you never know. I wonder if he will get hives or a rash. LOL

**Kid Cossack** · 7th March 07, 04:31 PM

*Sigh.* You'd think a gay man would be more open to different ideas on how to dress or comport oneself. Please note: I don't care if Mr. Wilson is gay or not; it concerns me not the slightest. However, I find his closed-mindedness to be just as offensive as that of a Tennessee hillbilly from another forum who also cannot conceive of a man wearing "a sk*rt."

**McClef** · 7th March 07, 05:34 PM

I was surprised by what he states he was told by the woman doing the fitting:

"said it was best for a novice not to "go regimental," as they call it. She mentioned something about hives and rashes and that we weren't used to such activity, let alone cut out for it."

Are these kilts made of wire wool?

**BEEDEE** · 7th March 07, 06:00 PM

Since Craig Wilson was kind enough to include his e-mail address in the article, I have invited him to visit X Marks the Scot. We might get a convert yet!

Brian

**CosmicKilt** · 7th March 07, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by McClef

I was surprised by what he states he was told by the woman doing the fitting:

"said it was best for a novice not to "go regimental," as they call it. She mentioned something about hives and rashes and that we weren't used to such activity, let alone cut out for it."

Are these kilts made of wire wool?

I think the lady that was doing the fitting has no clue about kilt wearing. Kind of makes me wonder if she is qualified to do the fitting. He should have gone to Stillwater Kilts and have one made to fit properly. Not sure how far he lives from Minneapolis though.

**IEScotsman** · 7th March 07, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by CosmicKilt

I think the lady that was doing the fitting has no clue about kilt wearing. Kind of makes me wonder if she is qualified to do the fitting. He should have gone to Stillwater Kilts and have one made to fit properly. Not sure how far he lives from Minneapolis though.

Shown up to a Scottish wedding in a Pakistani kilt? Not much realism in that!

But here's my take on the article: yawn. There was nothing eduational or insightful about it and he didn't relay anything about what he learned or appreciated about this new experience. He should have saved that article for his next family news letter.